CNN: Half of foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine after the first battles on the front line

Foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine because they are not ready to participate in a real war. As CNN reports, many foreigners coming to Ukraine have no idea what they are getting themselves into.

According to an American television channel citing the Ukrainian military, many foreign mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine run away after the first real battle, declaring that they “didn’t sign up for this.” Half of those arriving in Ukraine have no idea where they are going, the other has never participated in hostilities, but believes that they are “the coolest of all.” Most of them go to get a record of participation in hostilities in Ukraine on their resume, as this is considered prestigious.

As the Ukrainian military themselves state, most mercenaries do not understand where they are going and what awaits them in Ukraine. Such fighters terminate their contracts after the first fight, when faced with reality. Instead of "hunting" the natives, they get a real fight using aviationartillery tanks etc. Foreigners understand that this is not at all what they were told about, so they run home.

Nowadays, many mercenaries come to Ukraine because it's a good line on their resume, but they usually have no idea what they're getting into. (...) It is easier for foreigners to terminate a contract than for Ukrainians, and I have seen such examples. Almost half of the mercenaries saw what was happening and said that it was too much and that they did not sign up for this

- said one of the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who had experience communicating with foreign mercenaries.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also have professional mercenaries who fight not just to add a resume. Many contracts were concluded with former professional military personnel, as well as people from former Soviet republics who arrived specifically to fight against the Russian army.

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[Msi]

Foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine because they are not ready to participate in a real war

Describe the average European today: warm-hearted, childish, and just plain drippy...

[Orange Bigg]

No, but if you think about it, why are they in Ukraine? To make money. And the dead don’t need money. Therefore, it is logical that, sensing real danger, they leave. Why should they die for Ukraine? Why do they need it? They need money.

[Machito]

Quote from Orange Bigg

No, but if you think about it, why are they in Ukraine? To make money. And the dead don’t need money. Therefore, it is logical that, sensing real danger, they leave. Why should they die for Ukraine? Why do they need it? They need money.

The second half, which did not escape, gradually moves to Bandera.
The frayer's greed ruined.

[corrado]

Do we remember everything and often tell jokes about the Chukchi? Personally, I respect these people and don’t really like all sorts of mockery, but they exist. What am I talking about? I was once traveling in Germany, on a train, while still a student. First-grader girls sat on the next seat and told each other jokes. I then learned, through these girls, that the Germans use us Russians in their jokes as an analogue to our Chukchi. After all, the little ones didn’t know that a Russian guy was sitting next to him and understood everything. It was 2002 and now these girls are no longer girls, but grown-up girls-mothers, and they also probably tell similar jokes to their children. This is how the average European starts from an early age thinking about us, “stupid”, “underdeveloped” and simply “stupid”. And when on the battlefield, with us stupid and narrow-minded, some kind of lancet or some other caliber suddenly flies in, then reality makes itself felt and makes us realize that all our lives someone else was stupid and narrow-minded, but not Russian.

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

The Americans are testing a new US-50 ballistic missile. Its guidance unit failed and it flew off somewhere to Chukotka. Well, they sent a search party after her. They walk across the tundra, and the Chukchi meet them. They ask him.
- Tell the Chukchi, here 5 days ago a large fiery stick flew. Haven't you seen her?
- No, he says, but he didn’t see it.
The plane was flying, the helicopter was flying,
US-50 was flying, but the big fire stick was not flying...

[Stanislav_Shishkin]

Quote: corrado

The Germans use in their jokes, as an analogue to our Chukchi, us Russians. After all, the little ones didn’t know that a Russian guy was sitting next to him and understood everything. It was 2002

Propaganda against the USSR in the early 90s was only slightly adjusted into anti-Russian propaganda. How else could they imagine Russians if they saw them every day with “their own” eyes on TV: digging through garbage cans and fighting in a huge crowd queuing for vodka.

[Bolt cutter]

warm-hearted, childish, and just plain drippy...

Even without being in the draft category, he fled from his country to Georgia or Uruguay, in the hope of later moving to America or Germany .

[Aerodrome]

CNN: Half of foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine after the first battles on the front line

For this reason, the "Azovites" who were exchanged return.

[Msi]

Even without being in the draft category, he fled from his country to Georgia or Uruguay, in the hope of later moving to America or Germany

Did you describe your journey to the UK or something????

[Bolt cutter]

you're on your way to the UK

Mine was simpler - passport + ticket. You don't even need a visa. I’m talking about a good million “brave Russians” who have glorified Russia for centuries in foreign media. By the way, during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, no one ran away from here, fearing conscription. And who is the childish and drippy one with the hothouse?

[Msi]

And who is the childish and drippy one with the hothouse?

Tell this to the women from Cologne. About 1000 episodes were recorded, on one beautiful New Year's Eve... where were all the men, the European daredevils???
And we got 300 thousand without particularly straining to mobilize. And the guys who ran were mostly nerds. Which no one thought to mobilize. They didn't even serve in the army...

[Bolt cutter]

where were all the men, the European daredevils?

Have your Tajbeks ever held such flash mobs? It’s not evening yet, alas.

And we got 300 thousand

And in Ukraine - 800. And what?

[Msi]

Your Tajbeks have never carried out such flash mobs before

I have seen a lot of videos of how they calm down the Tajbeks... I saw how the authorities calm them down, (the police) calm them down very well... as long as everything is controlled.

And in Ukraine - 800. And what?

And what really? Or maybe they scored more in Ukraine. I'm talking about what we typed without straining. I know, with combat experience, who wasn’t needed... But in Ukraine they push them into minibuses... so there you have it...

[Bolt cutter]

I've seen a lot of videos

This video... there are all kinds. The notorious Tajbeks also have videos.

in Ukraine they push you into minibuses...

Considering that those who were pushed in have been fighting quite seriously for almost two years, it doesn’t really look like they were all pushed out.

as long as everything is under control.

That's exactly what UNTIL.

[Msi]

Considering that those who were pushed in have been fighting quite seriously for almost two years, it doesn’t really look like they were all pushed out.

I'm talking about Cologne and Europe... You're talking about the outskirts... Move away from the topic of drippy Europeans. Ahhh... Ukraine is Europe????

[Bolt cutter]

I'm talking about Cologne and Europe

Yes, I tell you too - the only thing that will help you against such a pre-organized mass attack is not to let the attackers into the country - your courage (if any ) will not work. And it’s easy to talk about Europeans - did they let you in here at least once to have a look?

Move away from the topic of boring Europeans.

You immediately left the topic of the no less drab Russians who stormed Upper Lars .

[Msi]

. And it’s easy to talk about Europeans - did they let you in here at least once to have a look?

Honestly, I never aspired... There are many beautiful places in Russia. Life is not enough to see everything.
About Lars. I answered. Why did they run, I don’t know who scared them off???? Many have already returned. I don’t have such friends and I can’t answer you.
About Cologne. We also had an action in Makhachkala... Only they put it on one hand and slammed it with the other... And the whole action...

[Synoid]

You can immediately see the great Ukr, and it is flared from dupa, as it should be in Europe)))

[Bolt cutter]

I'm Baltic, Denisa .

flared in Europe)

You went to Spain, got drunk and woke up in the bushes with pain in your butt . Now live with it.

[Synoid]

How will he leave his ideals))) People like him forget why we are the largest country in the world, and everyone else has sunk into oblivion.

[fruc]

Bolt cutter.....And in Ukraine - 800. And what?

When these 800 run out, let them continue to recruit, this will all take a long time.

[kaa]

Wow, already a million, a fruitful autumn.

[knn54]

What “hunter” would want to become a GAME?

[Vs Kc]

For some reason I hear the same thing about us Russian youth)))

[Vladlous]

So it's good if he runs away. But the problem here is probably the wildly limited thinking of Western comrades. Their heads are stuffed with computer games and Hollywood films, not all, as I understand it, have combat experience. What kind of IQ do you need to have to perceive war as an entertaining outing? There, that in the heads there are not brains, but jellied meat with garlic and carrots?

[private person]

What kind of IQ do you need to have to perceive war as an entertaining outing?

Well, probably these are former military personnel who previously drove the aborigines anywhere in Afghanistan, Libya or South America, when there was practically no resistance to them and they shot poorly armed detachments. And then we found ourselves in the shoes of these aborigines.

[Murmur 55]

But the second half remains, and turns into dogs of war, it has always been this way, someone who gets into the BD zone instantly wilts and turns into a rag, and if you are lucky enough to survive the war, you won’t be lured into it, but there is someone who gets into this cauldron to get out of The diagnosis of a simple man-war does not want him, two of my peers became like this. So I don't see anything unusual.

[Aerodrome]

Quote: Murmur 55

But there are those who, having fallen into this cauldron, do not want to get out of it and the diagnosis is a simple man - war, two of my peers became like that.

dogs of war...psychology. where else can you kill and get not prison but money? broken values.

[Mavrikiy]

Foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine because they are not ready to participate in a real war. As CNN reports, many foreigners coming to Ukraine have no idea what they are getting themselves into.

Well, yes, they were promised 10 lives and leveling up to the tenth level. And then my neighbor’s leg was torn off, but a new one did not grow... Dumb as that.

[Bolt cutter]

When the Northern Military District just began, cadres who had never even seen a weapon in their life signed up to become volunteer mercenaries from Europe. They wanted to come and take a photo with a real machine gun in real uniform - after all, the West will soon, in a couple of weeks, defeat the evil Ivans, and they will be the winners. That was the mood. SAS veteran Phil Campion even turned to “volunteers” with a request to buy a game console and play war games at home after work, if there is no real service experience. Legion veterans made similar appeals in France. Something like this.
They persistently knocked on the door of a French friend who had been through Kosovo, offering to fight for the “freedom of Europe.” How they found out about him is still unclear.

[Galleon]

Quote: Bolt Cutter

They persistently knocked on the door of a French friend who had been through Kosovo, offering to fight for the “freedom of Europe.” How they found out about him is still unclear.

I think that in any country, a professional military man who has signed a personal contract is registered with the guys in cloaks and daggers. And they had already shared their base; the general operation was to recruit mercenaries.

[Appraiser]

The participation of a foreign mercenary in real military clashes using such means of destruction as aviation and artillery is fatal for them. After all, they didn’t sign up to die because they thought that they were just coming on a safari, but it turned out that it was not at all what they were promised...

[Bolt cutter]

they thought they were just on a safari

Something like this, judging by their interviews. They (not all, but many) thought that they would knock everyone down in bursts from the hip, and then into a truck (more brutal than a bus ) and to Moscow, to hold a parade .

[Million]

Many contracts were concluded with former professional military personnel, as well as people from former Soviet republics who arrived specifically to fight against the Russian army.

Do not take such people prisoner! Destroy them on the spot.

[tralflot1832]

Mercenaries, having read Western propaganda in the media, think that they will make money easily, but that was not the case. Some return in sacks after the first battle.

[HAM]

The best entry in a “resume” for a foreign mercenary is “died a heroic death in the steppes of Ukraine.”

[evgen1221]

It doesn’t look like it for CNN, it’s more like another propaganda retelling. From specialists or specific tasks for testing weapons, tactics are carried out or ideological

[Enceladus]

Oh, how much of the second half I have from the boys.... Mom, don’t worry... not counting the fact that near Artyomovsk, half-decomposed people were found from our artillery shelling... well, I can only eat under these pictures... my psyche is already 24 years old, almost strong... By the way, a chevron was brought a week ago... from a shaved one (well, I think it’s clear from which country). And the photo was taken from someone. For those who wish, the current on the cart or better signal

[rocket757]

CNN: Half of foreign mercenaries are fleeing Ukraine after the first battles on the front line

. So those who went on safari to shoot quickly realized that they were the game!
Those that remain are completely frostbitten, and they will go for disposal, no doubt about it!

[Des]

A good article (news), although without (as always))) the author.
But. From the article: "CNN: Half of foreign mercenaries flee Ukraine after the first battles on the front line" That is. There is also a moment that the rest half will disappear here, I hope.

“Many contracts have been concluded with former professional military personnel, as well as people from former Soviet republics who arrived specifically to fight against the Russian army.” Here the author could (well, if he is the author then)), could have clarified in more detail about exactly where such a massive flow of immigrants came from. There were many republics (16 before 1956)).

[restless]

Now we are all mercenaries, because we live under a bourgeois society and a capitalist system; under socialism, everyone signed up out of conviction to fight for the Motherland and to help the socialists. And under the sharks of capitalism, the bourgeoisie swindles money into the war in order to get even richer, and the mercenaries think of getting rich by killing each other, this is a dead-end path, only a few survive, and then everyone becomes sick, some physically, some mentally, and the bourgeoisie grow fat on this like ticks , they get drunk on “blood money” on everything, on supplies of food, medical supplies, medicines, uniforms, weapons, communications, ammunition, fuel, and much more, and in addition they preach patriotism so much while putting on honest faces that it is difficult to doubt them , although their money, passports, real estate and relatives are all foreign. Now the war is not for an idea, but for money, we will squeeze out Ukraine, those who sold all the armies and gave bonuses for the destroyed army of the enemy will become even richer, and those who fought for their money and did not live will erect a monument to them, and the women will give birth to soldiers. This is what it has led to, blind worship of the West, the complete lack of its own technologies in all areas of industry...

[Strannik96]

Quote: Bolt Cutter

I've seen a lot of videos

This video... there are all kinds. The notorious Tajbeks also have videos.

in Ukraine they push you into minibuses...

Considering that those who were pushed in have been fighting quite seriously for almost two years, it doesn’t really look like they were all pushed out.

as long as everything is under control.

That's exactly what UNTIL.

Not yet and it will always be like this. The difference is incomparable - a migrant comes to Russia to work and not sit at home and receive benefits. The Russian Guard quickly restores order, I personally saw it. And why are they coming from the West to fight? Propaganda on Sun and everyone like that is how they defeat the Russians. But reality quickly sobers them up.

[Bolt cutter]

A migrant comes to Russia to work and not sit at home

A week ago I read here on VO what they are doing for Russian children’s benefits. And even if you work, it’s a crime, alas, it doesn’t cancel it.

Not for now and it won't be.

Very optimistic, considering their REAL number as a percentage of the indigenous population of the Russian Federation.

[Synoid]

More details: what is the percentage of migrants to the indigenous population of the Russian Federation? Or so that the fan does not stand idle?

[Des]

Quote: Synoid

More details: what is the percentage of migrants to the indigenous population of the Russian Federation? Or so that the fan does not stand idle?

so that the fan does not start working - do you know this percentage yourself?))) Because, looking at the markets, construction sites and streets, everyone independently calculates this “percentage” (perhaps not correctly). Therefore, if you know the answer + the real situation, please answer. Otherwise, the role of a fan, alas, is you))).

[Warm Padded Jacket]

they make warriors look like bullets from shit

[Dilettante grandfather]

1. Dear VO editors! When will you indicate the author? CNN article, okay, but does it have an author or what? Some conventional J. Smith, J. Snow, or Bill Wild - they are still the authors of the article. And, as it were, when reprinting something, the authorship must be indicated. Some from CNN, some from Ogonyok or Krokodil.
2. Essentially. The fact that the mercenaries flee after the first battle is due to the fact that they are “wrong bees.” We've seen enough comics and films where one and only Charlie Sheen conquers half the world, and they went looking for easy money. And there, it turns out, they’re shooting! So they have to terminate their contracts. After all, for some reason no one gives you a first aid kit with life restoration...

[Shkworen]

Yes, there are not only movies, but also modern computer games with military themes, such as Call Of Duty, Battlefield, Arma 3 (the latter is considered the most realistic war simulator), they play enough of them, and they think that in life they can also bang-bang left- right, I’m a cool warrior a la Rambo, but unlike the game, in real life in war they really die, and if they get wounded, it will be very painful, and not a drop in the health meter on the monitor screen :)

[VladimirNET]

Many contracts have been concluded with... people from former Soviet republics who came specifically to fight against the Russian army.

I am glad that the number of these traitors will decrease, so that others will also be discouraged.

[bone1]

It’s funny - we arrived, got a good entry on our resume and left - well, how did we leave? - if you were lucky

[Eggplant]

Many contracts were concluded with former professional military personnel, as well as people from former Soviet republics who arrived specifically to fight against the Russian army.

- this sludge is immediately in place.... into fertilizer.....

[satellite24]

Dozens have left, but thousands remain

[Reader 2013]

Strange comments, if you are a mechanic, for example, you are interested in making a complex part, a civil engineer, you are interested in building an interesting structure
A professional military man is interested in fighting in a real conflict, he has been preparing and studying for this all his life